MIDDLE POINT - The visiting Ada volleyball team won a four-set battle at Lincolnview Thursday night to secure at least a tie for their third straight Northwest Conference title.
The Lady Bulldogs won 25-16, 25-17, 21-25, 25-17 to improve to 13-7 overall and stay atop the NWC at 7-0 with one match to go. The Lancers drop to 10-10 and 3-4 in the NWC with the loss.
The Lady Bulldogs have won 15 consecutive league matches over the past two seasons.
The 2016-17 Ohio Northern men's soccer team was dubbed a United Soccer Coaches Team Academic winner after showing success both on the field and in the classroom during the 2016-17 season.
A total of 816 soccer teams (283 men, 533 women) posted a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher, thereby earning the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award for the 2016-17 academic year.
The Polar Bears posted a cumulative team grade point average of 3.40 last season, allowing them to earn the honor for the 10th consecutive season.
Northern returns to action on Saturday evening as it hosts Capital at Kerscher Stadium for Parents Night at 7 pm.
ADA - The host Ada girls soccer team took a second half lead and held off Delphos Jefferson 3-2 in a Northwest Conference match Wednesday evening.
The Lady Bulldog victory improved their record to 4-9 overall and 3-2 in NWC play, good for fourth in the nine-team league standings.
DJ fell to 5-7 and 3-3 in league action with the defeat.
Ada scored first, but the Wildcats tied it with a goal late in the first half. The Bulldogs netted two unanswered goals after intermission to build a 3-1 lead.
ADA - Ada travels to Crestview in a Northwest Conference showdown Friday that could go a long way toward deciding the league champion.
Ada (4-2, 2-1 NWC) whipped visiting Columbus Grove 37-0 in week six to climb back into the thick of the conference title chase.
Previously unbeaten Crestview (5-1, 2-1 NWC) was knocked off by visiting Spencerville 49-34 last Friday to create a five-way tie for first place in the league at 2-1.
Sophomore Rose Nienaber (Cincinnatti/Oak Hills) and senior Anna Niemeyer(Loveland) each scored as the No. 17-ranked Ohio Northern women's soccer team defeated Otterbein 2-0 on Wednesday evening at Kerscher Stadium.
The Polar Bears move to 9-1-1 overall and 2-0-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Cardinals fall to 7-2-1, 0-2-0.
Northern has now won seven straight contests and posted its seventh shutout of the season
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team is ranked No. 19 in the first weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division III poll, released on Wednesday.
The Polar Bears (46-6 overall) received 87 points in the poll.
Ohio Northern was ranked No. 17 in the preseason poll and No. 19 in the first weekly poll.
North Central (Ill.) remained in the top spot with 280 points and all eight first place votes, SUNY Geneseo is second with 269 points and Wisconsin-La Crosse is third with 262 points.
The Polar Bears will return to action on Oct. 14 at the Principia (Ill.) Cowbell Classic Pre-National race.
